I finally made a Heady Topper clone Saturday night. I didn't have enough Simcoe, so I used a little extra Centennial as well as Citra and El Dorado at some points. I have one can of Heady Topper left so I will be able to compare them once it is done.

I like fruit-bomb IPAs. I like Citra, El Dorado, and Centennial better than Simcoe so I'm sure I will like this more than if I had followed the exact recipe. At the same time it still has all the CTZ and Apollo and is only missing about 40% of the Simcoe so I don't think it will be that much fruitier. I also feel that the dry hops contribute much more to the taste, although I actually plan to do something similar with the dry hops. I might even bump the CTZ and Apollo for Citra on the final dry hop as I like to use leaf hops and Farmhouse Brewing didn't have CTZ and Apollo leaf hops.

Sounds interesting! Keep this thread updated. I know your hop schedule differes slightly from Heady, but I bet this will give you my two favorite hops properties: fruitiness and DANKness! Will probably taste great.

I woke up this morning and my apartment was well over 80* (usually it is ~75* but the super obviously jacked the heat up too much) and my beer was up to 75* in my Cool-Brewing Fermentation Cooler (had been keeping it between 64*-70* in secondary) so I really hope the Conan yeast doesn't turn Belgian.